The word "Wend" is a German term for foreigners, similar to the English word "Welch". Wend is more or less interchangeable with Slav and the Wends called themselves Serbs, hence the name of the settlement. The Europeans Wends populated the area (roughly) between the Danube river and the Baltic, east of the Elbe and west of the Vistula rivers. They originally spoke a language more akin to Latin than to German but over time were essentially surrounded by German-speaking people and were German speakers by the time of the emigration to Texas.
In Serbin, the old Wendish church has an unusual seating arrangement; men occupied the balcony, women and children sat in downstairs pews. The pulpit is at balcony level. The ball on the steeple's weather vane has an engraved history of the church and the names of Wendish pioneers.
The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum displays antique furniture, tools, household items and artifacts typically Slavic and Wendish. It also contains documents and photos.
The Serbin Community Wendish Museum celebrated its 125th anniversary on November 9th, 1980.
For more information on the Wends, see "The Wends of Texas", by Anne Blasig, published by The Naylor Company in San Antonio.